Sales book or pad



(No Model.) u 1 l 5 H- H. WEBBER 8v Sv. AJ. BINGNER.

SALES BOOK 0R PAD. Y f

No. 575,855. Pateted Jmfzfi, 1897.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

1 HAMILTON HILDRETH WEBBER AND SAMUEL JACKSON BINGNER', on MANSFIELD, OHIO.

SALES BOOK R PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming par t of Letters Patent No. 575,865, dated January 26., 1897.

Application*filed March 19,1896.

To vall whom ffm/ay copcnf v Be it known that we, HAMILTON HILDRETH WEBBERand `SAMUEL JACKSON BINGNER, residing at Mansfield, inthe county of Rich- 4 land and State of Ohio, haveinvented anew and'mproved Sales Book or Pad, of which the` following is a specification.

' This invention is an improved'sales book or ber of clerks are employed anda cash-carrier system in use. In such cases every purchaser receives a pricefslip with the goods, andV a duplicate slip is'forwarded by the clerk to.

.the cashier. i I5 -Y Now the objectof our invention is to provide a sales book or pad for the use of the clerk, and it is also -the object of our invention to provide a book for this purpose which shall becheaper and easier to manufacture zo than those now in use, and one which-is sim p1er,neater, and more convenient in use.

Another object is to provide a book or pad in which the carbon and protecting sheets can be arranged'quicker than said parts in the booksnowin use, as it is a noticeable fact that the average clerk takes as long to arrange the various slips as it takes to make the sale. v

Another object of our invention is to guard 3o against mistakes by'the salesman, vas it frequently happens that the wrong slip is given to the purchaser, and this objection our invention entirely avoids b'y the means of difl material, said space-block being of a height ferent-colored slips for purchaser and cashier. 3 5 Another object of our invention is to prov vide a book or pad in compact or block form in cont-radistinction to the long foldedsheets now in common use. "Another object of our invention is to provide means for holdingthe carbon 'and protecting sheets-independent of the paper slips, and also lholding \them properly` spaced with referencejto the bookl or pad.

- With these various objects i-nview and.v *such others as I'hay-hereinafter appear .our t invention consists in :the peculiar construction of the various parts, and also in their novel combination orf arrangement, all of .which will be fully described`,andpointed out 5o out -in the claims. f Y In the drawings'forining apart of this speci.

pad adapted for use in stores where a numf -edge to tear-,the leaves against.

Serial No. 583,996. (No model.)

iication, Figure'l is a view .showng the in'- vention in use. Fig. 2 is a View showing the purchasers slip det-ached and exposing thecashiers slip, the carbon-sheet being raised.`

Fig. 3 is a view showing the 'cashiers slip de-j tached,'the carbon-sheet andone of the leaves te'rial, and of. the size and shape of thebook or pad. A series of leaves B and Bare connected with this base at one endv by means of staples C,r a' suitable 'top piece or cross-strip C' being arranged at the edge of said leaves at their point 'of attachment. f w

The leaf B, intended to be delivered to the purchaser, is` preferably made a different color from the leaf B', whchis intended to be delivered' to the cashier, and these leaves are arranged alternately, as most clearly shown, and in practice we make'the leaf B -yellow'and theleafB' pink, blut it will^ of course be understood that any colors can be used with exactly the same results. The leaves, furthermore, are made with a'rowv of pe'rforations D adjacent tothe cross-strip C', sot-hat said `leaves are readily detachable,

the .said cross-strip serving as a convenient At the opposite end of the base is arranged a space-blockE, of pasteboard, wood, or other equal to thethickness of the completed pad or book, andgtta'ched to said space-block is the protecting-sheet F, of waxed or oiled paper, andA also'the' carbon-sheet.G, the' under fact, this sheet could be dispens'edwith enfv trely,'if desired. v Whenever a sale is made", the clerk raises the cover of the book or pad, andA likewise the carbon andprotecting sheets, andthrmvs;l A back a yellowand pink slip orleafafromggr.

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opposite end. The protecting-sheetfis then spread upon the exposed yellow slip or leaf.

The pink slip or leaf, which is intended for' the cashier, is then turned back ln'pon the 5 protecting-sheet. The carbon-sheet. is then spread out upon the pinkslip and the yellowslip for the purchaser turned back over said carbon-sheet. The record otthesaleist-hen written in pencil,` and after'the computation ro has been made thelpui'chaserls slip B is torn off, the carbon-sheetlifted, and the cashiers slip B torn off and sent to the cashiers desk,

if so desired, oi' the leaves B could be left in the book or pad, but in' practice it is 'pre1 15 fel-red to detach them and forward to they cashier. Thus in the-dawingsitwill be seen that the entry of six yards of ribbon has been made, the costof which is one dollar and 'fifty' cents, and inV Fig-.v1 thisis lshown written zo upon the slip B, which, asv before stated, is torn olf and 'delivered to the-purchaser, and

y in Fig. 2 said slip is 'shown so detached, andalso exposing the duplicate `recorduporri the.

slip B','wliich is tornl oand sent to the cashier.,4

z 5 B y having the purchasers and cashiei"s slips l Y of different colors it wilLbe impossible for the clerk to make a mistake, it being of. course in tended that the l.purchaser should receivethe' original entry, while they cashier jwill be sent 3o the carbon copygor vice versa, 'if .desirembut it will of--coirse be understood that in 'either method uniformity-will -berequiremand Athis we attain by reventingany possible mistake'.

'on the part e the.clerk..

35 it willalso be seenithat allotl the leaves'are detachable at one end and at an opposite end from the carbon and protecting' sheets, so'that there is no danger-of inguring said sheets v'loy- K the rapid detachmentof the. leaves.,4 1

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point slightly above thel detachable leaves, so that there is no strain upon saidleaves, and,

furthermore, the insertion of said leaves-laan` 45 beaceomplished .much .quicker than by the' method now in use. A cover-II protects'thc entire'book orfpadagainst'wear.

'- Having -thusdescribed ur'invention, what ters Patent, is'- V 1. Au im proved-sales' book or pad,'compris -ing'ia hase, a series of detachable leaves con'- nected to thebase at oneend, the alternate leaves being'of-dierentcolon-s, the'space# 55' block at the opposite endoftfhehasmand the carbon and protecting sheetseonnected tethesp'a'cehlock, substantially as shown-and de" scribe 42. An improye sales booglkorpadompgr 5g the Gross-stripes: one end of said a aseriesi :of leaves detaehahly secured-,to ,afspaceblck at the freeend ofsnch leaves, `said. space-block, crssfpiece andv .leaves :being ofinniform 'thicknesswherby i Product Pmi 0f regular or @nominee-"- ness, the cames the protecting-sheet and the l coversecnredto the upperface-o the-space; p block all ing araimgecv sasta'ntiallyas lsho and for thefpn'rposesfdescribed. ``7o ff L 3. An provedlsales book'or pad, efmispris ins. e

e, a 1 f- I of leaves-,attached thereto, each ing a rowjof perforation 'Realtone edge', id leaves beingef diierent colera and arranged -a'lternateiy as deserlbedfthe space- 75. block at theepposite-end of the.,f'thepro' 1 meting-sheet, .the carbon-sheet, and the top cover, all connected to 'said space-block, stili stantially as-shown and'dbed.v i

\ iHAMILTON Kimm WER,"

SAHUEL JACKSON' BINGN',

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